Hamas says another hostage held in Gaza died after Israeli air strike Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday that another one of the hostages abducted during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel has died. Hamas released a video saying that Nadav Popplewell, who was taken hostage from the southern Israeli community of Kibbutz Nirim, died after being wounded in an Israeli strike in Gaza. According to a hostages support group, Popplewell's brother was killed during the Oct. 7 attack, his mother was freed during a brief truce in November. Israeli officials say 128 of them are still held captive in the Palestinian territory, including 36 who are dead. FRANCE 24's Irris Makler reports.